John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, & the Culture of WarUNC Press Books, 2004 - 226 páginas Singing "John Brown's Body" as they marched to war, Union soldiers sought to steel themselves in the face of impending death. As the bodies of these soldiers accumulated in the wake of battle, writers, artists, and politicians extolled their deaths as a m |
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... Objects From the moment John Brown was sentenced to death , his body be- came a source of controversy and political struggle . Realizing the poten- tial significance of Brown's demise , interested parties in the North and the South had ...
... Objects From the moment John Brown was sentenced to death , his body be- came a source of controversy and political struggle . Realizing the poten- tial significance of Brown's demise , interested parties in the North and the South had ...
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... objects , Henry's shoes objectify his parents ' grief and provide a medium of exchange . Demon- strating the interpenetration of reformist rhetoric and mourning ritual , these garments cross the social divide between black and white ...
... objects , Henry's shoes objectify his parents ' grief and provide a medium of exchange . Demon- strating the interpenetration of reformist rhetoric and mourning ritual , these garments cross the social divide between black and white ...
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... objects defied the process of decomposition , helping people to remember the dead as if they were unchanged , organic imagery described decay as a benevolent force . Civil War culture nationalized a sentimental view of the enduring and ...
... objects defied the process of decomposition , helping people to remember the dead as if they were unchanged , organic imagery described decay as a benevolent force . Civil War culture nationalized a sentimental view of the enduring and ...
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... object , strengthening collective ties as it passed through city streets . As it turned out , Brown's body was neither dissected nor paraded through Northern cities . Instead , it was turned over to his widow , Mary Brown , who carried ...
... object , strengthening collective ties as it passed through city streets . As it turned out , Brown's body was neither dissected nor paraded through Northern cities . Instead , it was turned over to his widow , Mary Brown , who carried ...
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... objects and data of lasting sci- entific interest , " which will , in time , " be productive of real use " ( 186 ) . But when push comes to shove , he is forced to acknowledge that these limbs and bones enhance the government's ...
... objects and data of lasting sci- entific interest , " which will , in time , " be productive of real use " ( 186 ) . But when push comes to shove , he is forced to acknowledge that these limbs and bones enhance the government's ...
Contenido
The Blood of Millions John Browns Body Public Violence and Political Community | 14 |
The Blood of Black Men Rethinking Radical Science | 40 |
This Compost Death and Regeneration in Civil War Poetry | 71 |
Photographing the War Dead | 103 |
After Emancipation | 132 |
Glory | 165 |
Notes | 177 |
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John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, and the Culture of War Franny Nudelman Vista previa limitada - 2015 |
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